“The greatest hope for climate adaptation and sustainable development is to acknowledge what we share, and from that vantage point hold each other accountable,” says an article on the Food Tank website.

The article reports on the Global Landscapes Forum which was held on the margins of the UN climate change talks in Lima, Peru and brought together thousands of influential leaders to discuss a landscape approach to tackling climate and development challenges.

In a landscape approach, the aim is to achieve social, economic, and environmental objectives.

New measures such as the proposed sustainable development goals, the new climate agreement and the recent New York Declaration on Forests call for more integrated approaches to land use and the management of our global resources. This joint action and taking a holistic approach to understand the interconnections between all these different land uses is needed to protect landscapes.

During the Global Landscapes Forum, the need to break down silos and take steps towards cross-sectoral sustainable landscape-scale development and climate resiliency was discussed. Diversity is seen as key in climate change adaptation to provide both environmental and economic resilience.

“Policymakers, the private sector, researchers, field practitioners, farmers, conservationists, civil society and beyond all have a responsibility to do the work and hold each other accountable,” says the article.

Read the full story: World Leaders Come Together to Discuss the Interconnection of Landscapes, Agriculture and Climate